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5/8/18 - Registration for courses complete.  If you spoke to an advisor, and you don't have holds on your account, you are all set for classes (or the program fee). If you don't see your classes in WISER do let us know! (applied.linguistics@umb.edu)

4/13/2018 - APLING 621 (on-campus) has been cancelled for the  fall semester.  We will be offering it in the spring.

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In a couple of short weeks the adviding & registration period for the summer and fall 2018 semesters will begin :-)  In this InfoPost you will find out a bit more about the Summer and Fall 2018 advising timeline and when certain things will happen.  As new information is available, this blog post will be updated, so keep it in mind, and check back, when you have questions!  If your questions are not answered by this blog post, please use the comments feature at the bottom of this post to ask questions.

PREPARATORY WORK:

Before meeting your with advisor:

1. please log into WISER (http://wiser.umb.edu) and make sure you don't have any holds on your account!  The only hold that we (applied linguistics) can remove is the "Advising Hold." If you have other holds on your account you need to get those resolved ASAP with the appropriate departments. An immunization hold, or hold of any other sort, means that we are not going to be able to register you!  Please make sure to take care of all holds on your account as soon as possible.
2. please log into WISER and download a copy of your unofficial transcript.  Your advisor will need you to provide this to them in preparation for advising and course registration.

Immunization Hold:

If you are an online student, and you opt to apply for the immunization exemption, then you have to fill out the form every semester and mail it to University Health Services so that the immunization hold can be removed.  If you are an on-campus student you will need to make sure that all immunizations are in order.  Please see the University Health Services website for more information: http://www.umb.edu/healthservices/information_for_new_students. 

Note for new students (On-campus & Online):

Even though new students will not be registered right away (since your paperwork for admissions may not have been fully processed yet) no need to worry. There will be spots available in introductory courses for you! We will be registering you for APLING 601, APLING 603, and/or APLING 605 (two of our three introductory courses). If you would like to register for a 3rd course, please contact applied.linguistics@umb.edu for more information. Please see your welcome letter, sent by email, for more information.

COURSES:

The tentative list of courses has been posted in the Classroom Group for quite some time :-).  Instructions, as well as days and times of courses (for on-campus courses) will be posted here as they become available. 

SUMMER Online courses

Electives courses

• APLING 670: Testing in the ESL Classroom - INFANTE, Paolo (12 week summer course)
  • NOTE: If you are a campus student and you need this course for licensure purposes please make sure to talk to your advisor earlier rather than later. This course fills up quickly!
• APLING 697: Forensic Linguistics - BECKMAN, Kristina (12 week summer course)

FALL ONLINE courses

Core courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics - MIKROS, George
• APLING 603: Cross-Cultural Perspectives - KISS, Katherine
• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching -  SHIN, Jaran
• APLING 621: Psycholinguistics - O'BRYAN, Anne
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics  - BECKMAN, Kristina

Concentration Courses

• APLING 611: Methods and Material in Foreign Language Pedagogy - BUESCHER, Kimberly
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education - KISS, Katherine

Elective Courses

• APLING 629: Structure of the English Language - MEYER, Chuck
• APLING 669: Writing Theories - BARBOSA, Perla

FALL CAMPUS Courses

Core Courses

• APLING 601: Linguistics (W @ 4pm) - MEYER, Chuck
• APLING 603: Language, Culture, and Identity (M @ 4pm) - CHUN, Christian
• APLING 605: Theories and Principles of Language Teaching (W @ 7pm) - BARTOLOME, Lilia
• APLING 621: Psycholinguistics - (M @ 4pm) - ETIENNE, Corinne - CANCEL
• APLING 623: Sociolinguistics (Th @ 7pm) - MACEDO, Donaldo
• APLING 698: Practicum (licensure) (BY ARRG)  - SERCOMBE, Deborah

Concentration Courses

• APLING 611: Methods and Material in Foreign Language Pedagogy (Tu @ 7pm) - BUESCHER, Kimberly
• APLING 614: Foundations of Bilingual and Multicultural Education (Th @ 4pm) - BARTOLOME, Lilia

Elective Courses

• APLING 643: Historical Foundations of Critical Pedagogy (Tu @ 4pm) - GOUNARI, Panagiota

TEXTBOOKS:

Please do not ask for textbooks just yet :-)  As soon as we have a list of textbooks for each course, we will post a notice on the Announcements box (top center of umasslinguistics.com). We expect textbooks to be posted by June 1st.

TIMELINE:

March 10 – March 30: 

Your advisors will be contacting you via email. Please check both your UMass Boston student email and any emails you've given to us as part of your application process. Your advisor will contact you to set up an appointment to meet with you. You can meet by phone, by email, by skype, or if you are local you can meet in person! :-)  Be prepared to discuss your goals, and what courses you might be interested in signing up for. In consultation with your advisor you will pick 2 or 3 courses for next semester. Your advisors will tell us (AK or Evy) which courses you decided to sign up for and we will sign you up.

Please note that you advisor is not listed on WISER. We keep an internal departmental database to keep advisors and advisees :-)

Student Checklist Item:If you haven't heard from your advisor by March 15, please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu and let us know :-)

If you have not received advising by March 30, please contact Applied.Linguistics@umb.edu.

April 15 – April 30: During this period of time we will be going through and registering all students for courses. This is true for both online and on-campus students. If you log into WISER and you are not registered for a course yet, don't panic!  By May 1st you will be :-) We will be monitoring this forum to make sure everything's going well and answering questions as they come up. If, for some reason, you aren't registered May 1 – May 10 will be a catch-up and correction week for registrations.

Student Checklist Item: On May 10, please check your WISER account to make sure that you are registered for courses, and that you are registered for the courses you and you advisor agreed upon. If you are not registered for courses, please go into the appropriate Registration Q&A forum. 

May 5 - May 20 Non-Degree Registration period (for summer semester). If you are a non-degree student, once all currently enrolled students are registered, we will begin processing non-degree registrations.  It's important to note that prior to May 5 we will not know how many available spots there are in courses :-)

Student Checklist Item: If you are a non-degree student who wishes to register for a Summer 2016 course, please check in on May 5th to see what courses are available. Once you submit registration paperwork, you should be registered within a few days (depending on how busy the registrar's office is :-)  )

June 1st: Book Lists will be posted, for Fall Semester courses, in the Classroom group. Please be patient until then and refrain from emailing us or asking questions about book lists :-) 

August 10 - September 1 Non-Degree Registration period (for fall semester). If you are a non-degree student, once all currently enrolled students are registered, we will begin processing non-degree registrations.  It's important to note that prior to August 20th we will not know how many available spots there are in courses :-)

Student Checklist Item: If you are a non-degree student who wishes to register for a fall 2016 course, please check in on August 10 to see what courses are available. Once you submit registration paperwork, you should be registered within a few days (depending on how busy the registrar's office is)

FAQ

1. Who is my advisor?
   Your advisor is not listed on WISER (this is only an undergraduate advising feature :(  ). If you don't hear from your advisor by March 15th please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu and we'll get you in touch with them :). Your advisor's name is listed in the welcome letter from the time of your admissions (if you haven't changed your advisor).
2. WISER does not show my advisor, what's up with that?
   The WISER system is setup for undergraduate advisors.  Unfortunately we do not have access to change this, so graduate students will show a blank advisor.  Rest assured that you have an advisor , they just don't show up in WISER :-)
3. Can I change advisors?
   Of course! If you would like to change advisor, please email applied.linguistics@umb.edu. Please include your UMS number in the request, and the reason you would like to change advisors.
4. Can I register without meeting my advisor?
   You will not be able to register without meeting your advisor
5. I have a hold, can you register me?
   We can only override the "Advising" hold if you've met with your advisor.  We cannot override other holds, so we cannot register you if you have holds.
6. I met with my advisor, and I was told I was "all set" but I don't see courses in WISER. What's the deal?
   When you meet with your advisor you are placed in a queue to be registered by either AK or Evy.  We usually register students in the queue on Thursdays and Fridays.  We will not begin registering students until April 15th. If it's before 4/15 it's normal that you may not be registered yet.  If it's after 4/15 and you are not registered there might be a hold on your account preventing us from registering you - please check to see if there is a hold and have it removed :).  Finally, if you have no holds, and it's past 4/15, and you're still not registered, please contact applied.linguistics@umb.edu and we can sort it out :)

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